Does repeated pleural culture increase the diagnostic yield of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from tuberculous pleural effusion in HIV-negative individuals?

Despite recent advances in methods for culturing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the diagnostic yield of tuberculous pleural effusion (TBPE) remains unsatisfactory. However, unlike repeated sputum cultures of pulmonary tuberculosis, little is known about the role of repeated pleural cultures. We e...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2017-07, Vol.12 (7), p.e0181798-e0181798
Hauptverfasser:	Ko, Yousang, Song, Jinkyung, Lee, Suh-Young, Moon, Jin-Wook, Mo, Eun-Kyung, Park, Ji Young, Kim, Joo-Hee, Park, Sunghoon, Hwang, Yong Il, Jang, Seung Hun, Jhun, Byung Woo, Sim, Yun Su, Shin, Tae Rim, Kim, Dong-Gyu, Hong, Ji Young, Lee, Chang Youl, Lee, Myung Goo, Kim, Cheol-Hong, Hyun, In Gyu, Park, Yong Bum
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Biology and Life Sciences Causes of Critical care Culture Diagnosis Diagnostic systems Female HIV HIV Infections - complications HIV Infections - microbiology Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immune clearance Internal medicine Lung diseases Lymphocytes Male Medical diagnosis Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Neutrophils Patients Physicians Physiological aspects Pleural effusion Pleural Effusion - complications Pleural Effusion - microbiology Pleural fluid Respiratory diseases Sputum Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pleural - diagnosis Viruses
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